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Corvette & Thunderbird
 
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Corvette and Thunderbird

The success of European sports cars inspired the big American manufacturers to follow suit. The first was Chevrolet with the Corvette, quickly followed by Ford's Thunderbird. But the American manufacturers refused to sacrifice size, instead using powerful motors to try to emulate the performance and handling that the Europeans had achieved by lightness. The result was the cars attacked by Ralph Nader in his book "Unsafe at Any Speed".

1954 Corvette 1955 Thunderbird

  

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The Menzies Era Corvette & Thunderbird
 

 

    

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